#grassroots-movements

#grassroots-movements

We're starting to see one take shape in the streets and at ballot boxes across the country: from New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's campaign focused on affordability, to communities protecting their neighbors from ICE, to the senators opposing arms shipments to Israel. The Democratic Party has an urgent choice to make: Will it embrace a politics that is principled and popular, or will it continue to insist on losing elections with the out-of-touch elites and consultants that got us here?

Participatory grantmaking may be a new trend in philanthropy, but community-driven giving practices have been around since the beginning of time. These practices provide valuable lessons for philanthropy, particularly from those historically marginalized in it.

Steve Coogan expressed that his support for Labour has waned, accusing the party of abandoning its principles and paving the way for Reform UK, stating, 'The success of Reform, I lay squarely at the feet of the neoliberal consensus, which has let down working people for the last 40 years.' He criticized the Labour government for leaning into a 'broken system', indicating that people's voting choices change nothing in their lives.

Triumph hasn't spoiled the comedian, or settled her insecurities. 'It just never goes away—that feeling of not being worthy, or being thought of as less than,' she says.